Foregone Conclusion

  

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Foregone Conclusion

Definition: Foregone Conclusion

Foregone Conclusion

Noun

1. An inevitable ending.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Foregone Conclusion

Synonym: matter of course (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Foregone Conclusion

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Foresight

Forethought, forecast; predeliberation, presurmise; foregone conclusion; (prejudgment); prudence; (caution).

Misjudgment

Prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension, presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; id_e fixe; mentis gratissimus error; fool's paradise.

Predetermination

Noun: predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation, predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli; parti pris; resolve, propendency; intention; project; fate, foredoom, necessity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Foregone Conclusion

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Foregone Conclusion (reference)

  • Foregone Conclusion (reference)

  • William Dean Howells : Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion, A Modern Instance, Indian Summer, The Rise of Silas Lapham (Library of America) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Foregone Conclusion

SubjectTopicQuote

Political Rights

Cameroon

While the boycott made the outcome a foregone conclusion, most observers nonetheless considered the contest to be neither free nor fair. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Foregone Conclusion

Language Translations for "foregone conclusion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rezultat i pashmangshëm, përfundim i ditur. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ماض معروف, ‏نتيجة متوقعة سلفا. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

предрешен въпрос. (various references)

   

Czech

  

předem uèinìný závìr. (various references)

   

French

  

couru d'avance. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προεξοφλημένο αποτέλεσμα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

előre eldöntött ügy. (various references)

   

Italian

  

E'scontato (It is a foregone conclusion). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oregonefay onclusioncay

   

Romanian

  

concluzie inevitabilã, concluzie evidentã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

предвзятое мнение (biassed opinion, parti pris, partisan view, preconception, prejudgement). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neminovan rezultat. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resultado sabido de antemano. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förutfattad mening (preconception, prejudice, prepossession, skew conception), given sak. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kaçınılmaz sonuç, belli sonuç. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Foregone Conclusion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-f-g-i-l-n-n-n-o-o-o-o-r-s-u"

-5 letters: conferencings, incongruences.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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